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Lilly's Big Day
Young scholars read the story Lilly's Big Day and do language arts and math activities based on the book. For this language arts and math lesson plan, students read the book given and do activities that include matching activities,...
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How Should You Treat Younger Children
Students recognize how younger children should be treated. In this empathy lesson plan, students listen to the story Julius, Baby of the World and then students will work on art projects with students from a younger grade level.
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Moon Phase Stations
Third graders investigate the moon. In this Earth science lesson plan, 3rd graders discuss the moon phases and how every 4 weeks the moon cycles through these phases.
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Shhh!!! I'm Reading!
Learners practice reading silently decodable texts in this lesson. They discuss the importance of being able to read silently. They then practice silently reading "Wemberly Worried." An assessment/checklist is included in this lesson.
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Wemberly Worried
Students read the book Wemberly Worried and complete language arts and math activities that go along with the book. In this language arts and math lesson plan, students read the book given and do activities that include connect the dots,...
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A Weekend with Wendell
Students discuss the term prediction. In this language arts lesson, students predict what will happen next by using the turn & talk strategy. Students chart the predictions each one makes.
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All About Me
This is an awesome resource for any elementary or middle school teacher about to start a new school year! This resource includes an extensive list of activities for introducing the members of your class to each other. Some of the ideas...
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Getting to Know You
Students complete an getting to know each other activity. In this personal names lesson, students play a name game, read a book about names, and then discuss why names are important. Students design a name card on oak tag rectangles and...
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Nurturing Green Thumbs at School
Incorporating a school garden into the curriculum cultivates many benefits.
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Name Fame
First graders learn the uniqueness of their names by reading the book, Chrysanthemum, and completing other integrated math counting and graphing activities.
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Author Study of Patricia Polacco's Family Stories
Students describe factors that influence relationships with family and friends.
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Making Connections to Text
Making connections to text is an important skill that students can practice in fun and motivating ways.
CPALMS
Cpalms: What's So Great About Kevin Henkes?
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, young scholars will serve as researchers of author/illustrator Kevin Henkes. With prompting, students will read three books by Kevin Henkes. They will recall information from the text to...
Read Works
Read Works: Lesson 3: Comparing and Contrasting Two Characters From a Book
[Free Registration/Login Required] A three-lesson unit on comparing and contrasting through which students learn how to compare and contrast two items, themselves with a character, and two characters within a text. Lessons use the books...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: What's in a Name: Graphing Lesson
A lesson that teaches students how to create and analyze a graph using the letters of their name. The lesson uses the book Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes (not included in the lesson plan) to start the discussion.
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Read Works: Predicting 1st Grade Unit
[Free Registration/Login Required] A two-lesson unit designed to teach students to make predictions and support them with details from the text. Lessons are based on the books Wemberly Worried by Kevin Henkes and No Roses for Harry! by...
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Read Works: Sequence 1st Grade Unit
[Free Registration/Login Required] This site provides a series of three lesson plans designed to teach students to recognize and use word clues to put story events into the correct sequence and retell the story accordingly. Lessons are...
Utah Education Network
Uen: 1st Grade Act. 04: Chrysanthemum and Letter Tiles
In this instructional activity, students will engage in shared reading with the Kevin Henkes' book, Chrysanthemum. Then students will engage in a letter tiles activity that requires them to compare the length of their own names with the...
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Read Works: Grade 2: Four Lesson Unit: Drawing Conclusions
[Free Registration/Login Required] Designed to teach students to identify the difference between explicit information and conclusions and to make text-to-self and text-to-text connections. Lessons are based on the provided text "The...
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Read Works: Grade 2: Three Lesson Unit: Character
[Free Registration/Login Required] A series of three lesson plans designed to teach students to recognize a character's personality traits, predict a character's actions, and describe a character using rich language. Lessons are based on...
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Read Works: Grade 2: Three Lesson Unit: Cause and Effect
[Free Registration/Login Required] A series of three lesson plans designed to teach students to identify effects, causes, and the relationship between them. Lessons are based on the books Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes, Why Do You Cry?:...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Henkes Literature Study
[Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson's goal is to increase vocabulary to reflect a growing range of interests and knowledge using an author study. Students will also focus on classifying and categorizing words into sets and...
TES Global
Blendspace: Chrysanthemum
A seven-part learning module with links to images, videos, and a website to use while reading Kevin Henkes' Chrysanthemum.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Discussion Guide: Olive's Ocean
Scholastic presents this discussion guide of "Olive's Ocean" by Kevin Henkes. The guide includes discussion questions, extension activities, and more.